Militares

Mientras desayunaba con sus mariscales el día de la batalla de Waterloo, Napoleón afirmó que Wellington era un mal general, que los británicos eran malos soldados y que antes del mediodía Francia obtendría una fácil victoria. Este hecho provocó que los historiadores le hayan acusado de un (...)

As the outbreak of World War II approached, Nazi Germany ordered artillery manufacturers Krupp and Rheimetall-Borsig to build several super-heavy siege guns, vital to smash through French and Belgian fortresses that stood in the way of the Blitzkrieg. These 'secret weapons' were much larger than (...)

The 'Soixante quinze', France's legendary 75mm Modele 1897, was the first modern field gun, pioneering several critical innovations in field artillery designs, including a fast action breech and a soft recoil system. Although some of these features had been incorporated into earlier guns, the 75mm (...)